Archive | Drilling It Safely
Noble program details 5 pillars leaders should exhibit to impact safety culture
Posted on 13 December 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News
While improvements in workplace conditions and in equipment and technology can be credited for…
Industry growth, influx in young work force present opportunity to build safety culture, competencies
Posted on 13 December 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
The Middle East accounts for almost 40% of the world’s proven oil reserves, and with that comes both responsibility…
Enhancing education remains key to building Kurdish work force competency
Posted on 13 December 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
If your company is operating and recruiting workers in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, respecting the local culture…
To avoid ‘extinction’ in changing times, industry must enhance management of personnel competency
Posted on 13 December 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News
The industry’s days of simply finding an able body to fill vacant shoes in the work force are long gone…
Exclusive video: DC tours Maersk’s MOSAIC II simulator training complex
Posted on 29 November 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News, Videos
In a special extended webcast, IADC managing editor Linda Hsieh tours the recently inaugurated…
Proposed study aims to analyze environmental impact of onshore drilling
Posted on 29 November 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News
To illustrate how, and ultimately if, oil and gas extraction onshore can occur without impacting the environment…
Petrofac Houston training center focuses on emergency management
Posted on 29 November 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, News
Petrofac’s Houston training center has relocated to a new 7,000-sq-ft facility, adding about 34% additional…
Seneca/Ensign rigs switch to LNG for power in Marcellus
Posted on 29 November 2012 in Drilling It Safely, Global and Regional Markets, Innovating While Drilling, News, Onshore Advances, The Efficient Rig
Seneca Resources Corp and Ensign Drilling have installed two GE gas engines to power the first LNG-fueled drilling rigs…
Assessment, training and leadership foster confidence in competencies at BP
Posted on 15 November 2012 in Drilling It Safely, News
In the mission to deliver safe, compliant and reliable wells, people are the life of the operation, and individual…
Multiphase simulations enhance well designs, contingency planning
Posted on 02 November 2012 in 2012, Drilling It Safely, November/December
Events in recent years have heightened industry awareness regarding well control issues, especially high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) and…
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